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Table 2 Questionnaires characterizing participants’ inner body image and affect

From: Neural correlates of body comparison and weight estimation in weight-recovered anorexia nervosa: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

 

Mean ± standard error

Mann–Whitney U

p-value

Patients with recAN

Controls

EDE-Q score

 Restraint

0.2 ± 0.12

0.4 ± 0.18

56.0

0.38

 Eating concern

0.6 ± 0.22

0.4 ± 0.14

65.0

0.71.

 Weight concern

1.4 ± 0.34

1.4 ± 0.34

66.5

0.76

 Shape concern

1.5 ± 0.34

1.7 ± 0.32

66.0

0.76.

EDI-2 score

 Drive for thinness

1.9 ± 0.74

4.7 ± 1.12

42.5

0.052†

 Bulimia

2.1 ± 1.32

0.92 ± 0.47

74.0

0.85

 Body dissatisfaction

5.5 ± 1.65

12.0 ± 1.94

35.5

0.02*

 Ineffectiveness

9.0 ± 2.10

4.5 ± 0.89

48.5

0.11

 Perfectionism

5.7 ± 0.95

1.9 ± 0.70

20.0

0.001**

 Interpersonal distrust

4.9 ± 1.18

2.5 ± 0.77

48.0

0.11

 Interoceptive awareness

3.7 ± 1.79

2.2 ± 0.52

76.0

0.94

 Maturity fears

3.3 ± 0.87

4.6 ± 0.95

56.0

0.25.

BDI-II

11.0 ± 3.64

11.0 ± 3.40

73.5

0.81

STAI(Y-1)

45.0 ± 3.36

36.8 ± 2.23

44.5

0.07†

STAI(Y-2)

46.7 ± 3.13

42.6 ± 2.50

63.5

0.44

  1. † p < 0.1 * p < 0.05 ** p < 0.01
  2. EDI-Q Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, EDI-2 Eating Disorder Inventory-2, BDI-II Beck Depression Inventory Version 2, STAI(Y-1) State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, state anxiety, STAI(Y-2) State-Trait Inventory, trait anxiety